Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Server terminated

Well our server was terminated due to late payment. I still want to continue #lurk but we are going to have to make some changes. We need more staff to help out. We need someone to help work on the website. I just don't have the time anymore. I wouldn't mind administrating the server and the website. But anything else we just need more help. I think if the site was more active we could get more donations. Anyway if you are interested in helping out please post a comment or email me at stalyn@gotlurk.net. Also if you want to donate (we need the donations) please visit here.

Again if you have any ideas, comments, whatever, please don't hesitate to post a comment, email me, or talk to me on IRC.

Stalyn

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

upcoming development

I want to start having daily updates i.e. New Releases again. I think the Trak improvements listed below is a good start to that. Additionally we have large gaps in the archive as a result of being inactive that need to be filled. I plan on recruiting more staff members in the near future. Most likely after work on the Trak has been finished.

I need to upgrade the lurk website from rails 2.3.8 to 3.0. This shouldn't be too hard but with such things you can always expect some problems. After I get this done I want to focus on Trak improvements. Things like being able to upload more than one file at a time, making it easier to edit upload information and just making it smoother. Then I want to add archival functions to the Trak like repacks, corrupt files, removing files and etc. I think getting these things done would be the first major push on the website.

So here is a basic outline of what needs to be done.

Short Term
  • upgrade rails to 3.0
  • major Trak improvements
  • add archival functions to Trak (repack, corrupt, remove)
Longer Term (in no particular order)
  • allow comments to the donation page
  • user avatars
  • more user information
  • allow users to queue files from the website
  • rewrite the bots
If you have any ideas, comments, suggestions or bug reports please don't hesitate to reply.